Bill Text: IL HB4451 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Alternative Public Schools Article of the School Code. With respect to alternative school programs, provides that each program shall receive funding in the amount of $30,000 plus an amount based on the ratio of the region's or Chicago's last 3 years' average daily attendance of pupils in grades 6 through 12 served by the alternative school program (rather than the best 3 months' average daily attendance in grades pre-kindergarten through 12) to the statewide totals of these amounts. Removes provisions concerning the calculation for determining the best 3 months' average daily attendance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4451 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB4451-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 13A-8 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/13A-8)
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7 | Sec. 13A-8. Funding.
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8 | (a) The State of Illinois shall provide funding for
the
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9 | alternative school programs within each educational service | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | region and within
the Chicago public school system by line item | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | appropriation made to the State
Board of Education for that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | purpose. This money, when appropriated, shall be
provided to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | the regional superintendent and to the Chicago Board of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Education,
who shall establish a budget, including salaries, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | for their
alternative school programs.
Each program shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | receive funding in the amount of $30,000 plus an amount
based | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | on the ratio of the region's or Chicago's last best 3 years' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | months' average daily
attendance in grades 6 pre-kindergarten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | through 12 of pupils served by the alternative school program | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | to the statewide totals of
these amounts. For purposes of this | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | calculation, the best 3 months' average
daily attendance for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | each region or Chicago shall be calculated by adding to
the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | best 3 months' average
daily
attendance the number of |
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1 | low-income students identified in the most
recently available | ||||||
2 | federal census multiplied by one-half times the percentage
of | ||||||
3 | the
region's or Chicago's low-income students
to the State's | ||||||
4 | total low-income students.
The State Board of Education shall | ||||||
5 | retain
up to 1.1% of the appropriation to be used to provide | ||||||
6 | technical assistance,
professional development, and | ||||||
7 | evaluations for the programs.
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8 | (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this | ||||||
9 | Section, for the
1998-1999
fiscal year, the total amount | ||||||
10 | distributed
under subsection (a) for an alternative school | ||||||
11 | program shall be not less than
the total amount that was | ||||||
12 | distributed under that subsection for that
alternative school | ||||||
13 | program for the 1997-1998 fiscal year. If an alternative
school | ||||||
14 | program is to receive a total distribution under subsection (a) | ||||||
15 | for the
1998-1999 fiscal year that is less than the total
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16 | distribution that the program received under that subsection | ||||||
17 | for the 1997-1998
fiscal year, that alternative school program | ||||||
18 | shall also receive, from a
separate appropriation made for | ||||||
19 | purposes of this subsection (a-5), a
supplementary
payment | ||||||
20 | equal to the amount by which its total distribution under
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21 | subsection (a) for the 1997-1998 fiscal year exceeds the amount | ||||||
22 | of the total
distribution that the alternative school program | ||||||
23 | receives under that
subsection for the 1998-1999 fiscal year.
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24 | If the amount appropriated
for supplementary payments to | ||||||
25 | alternative school programs under this subsection
(a-5)
is | ||||||
26 | insufficient for that purpose, those supplementary payments |
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1 | shall be
prorated among the alternative school programs | ||||||
2 | entitled to receive those
supplementary payments according to | ||||||
3 | the aggregate amount of the appropriation
made for purposes of | ||||||
4 | this subsection (a-5).
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5 | (b) An alternative school program shall be entitled to | ||||||
6 | receive general
State aid as calculated in subsection (K) of
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7 | Section 18-8.05 upon filing a claim as
provided therein. Any | ||||||
8 | time that a student who is enrolled in an alternative
school | ||||||
9 | program spends in work-based learning, community service, or a | ||||||
10 | similar
alternative educational setting shall be included in | ||||||
11 | determining the student's
minimum number of clock hours of | ||||||
12 | daily school work that constitute a day of
attendance for | ||||||
13 | purposes of calculating general State aid.
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14 | (c) An alternative school program may receive additional | ||||||
15 | funding from its
school districts in such amount as may be | ||||||
16 | agreed upon by the parties and
necessary
to support the | ||||||
17 | program. In addition, an alternative school program is
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18 | authorized to accept and expend gifts, legacies, and grants, | ||||||
19 | including but not
limited to federal grants, from any source | ||||||
20 | for purposes directly related to the
conduct and operation of | ||||||
21 | the program.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96; | ||||||
23 | 89-636, eff. 8-9-96;
90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-283, eff. 7-31-97; | ||||||
24 | 90-802, eff. 12-15-98.)
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